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Limerick artist Kate Hennessy was invited to show her work in Koblenz for the St. Patrick’s Day Festival 2007 The show was held in two venues in the old city and was opened by the Kulturischer Sprecher for the City Council, Mr. Christian Altmaier. He said he came not only as a politician but as…
The first exhibition by Emerging Artists: visually vibrant figurative and abstract works of well established artist John Nolan. The exhibition was launched at Cafe Culture, Whitworth Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 on Thursday March 8th and continues until Saturday April 7th. Conor Martin (Cafe Culture), John Nolan (Artist), Liam Madden and Johanna Nicholson (Emerging Artists) at…
John Nolan’s exuberant style combines bold outlines with bright exotic colours. His interpretation of various motifs (fish, landscape, flowers, birds, the human figure, trees, still life, the human face) transmits a positive upbeat feeling to his viewers, but not to the exclusion of everything else. Art can make social or political statements along with many…
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Starting Wednesday 17th January and running for five Wednesdays, RTE’s Afternoon Show will have a weekly feature on an Irish artist. The show is on from 3pm to 4.15pm. The first artist to be featured is Dublin caricaturist Niall O’Loughlin. The other artists are: Wednesday 24th Jan Portrait Painting – Brenda Malley Wednesday 31st Jan…
The three-day event aims to examine the role played by art in rural communities and will feature contributors from Ireland, Spain, Russia, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States. They include Berlin-based art critic and curator Simon Sheikh who is coordinator of the Critical Studies Programme at Malmö Art Academy, and American Suzanne…